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Shows that feel likeSuperman & Lois (2021–2024)

After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent and Lois Lane come face to face with one of their greatest challenges ever: dealing with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today's society.

If you loved Superman & Lois, the closest series we have are New Amsterdam (2018), 3 Body Problem (2024) and Tracker (2024). All three share Superman & Lois' contemplative and hopeful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Eureka (2006).

★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗4 seasons · The CWcreated by Greg Berlanticontemplativecerebraldreamlikehopeful
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video
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If Superman & Lois hit the spot, these will too

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New Amsterdam
2018–2023 · 5 seasons · NBC
★ 7.9drama

A good man trying to fix a system while his family pays the cost

The difference: A hospital, and no powers involved

The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.

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3 Body Problem
2024– · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.5sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · dramaNetflix

A threat too large for any one person, met by people anyway

The difference: Hard sci-fi and dread, with no hope built in

Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the laws of science unravel and an existential threat emerges.

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Tracker
2024– · 4 seasons · CBS
★ 7.2drama · crimeHuluParamount+

One thread runs through both: inspirational

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Superman & Lois

Lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.

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Blue Bloods
2010–2024 · 14 seasons · CBS
★ 7.7crime · dramaPrime VideoParamount+

A family drama where dinner matters as much as the job

The difference: Police procedural, no capes, more sermon

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.

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Smallville
2001–2011 · 10 seasons · The WB
★ 7.5sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaHulu

The same character, the same farm, the same weight of expectation

The difference: Twenty years earlier, teenage and monster of the week

The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.

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Snowfall
2017–2023 · 6 seasons · FX
★ 8.5drama · crimeHuluDisney+

Family bonds tested by a burden one man insists on carrying alone

The difference: No heroes here — a bleak crime epic where the fallout keeps spreading

Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.

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Supergirl
2015–2021 · 6 seasons · CBS
★ 6.2drama · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureNetflix

A Kryptonian holding a public role and a private life together

The difference: A workplace ensemble in the city, with far less domestic focus

Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.

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DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016–2022 · 7 seasons · The CW
★ 6.7action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

The same universe, and heroes who are people first

The difference: Deliberately silly, with no family at the centre

When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?

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Maid
2021 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.3dramaNetflix

Parenthood as the real heroism — protecting a child against long odds

The difference: Grounded single-season hardship — no powers softening the blows

After fleeing an abusive relationship, a young mother finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future.

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Eureka
2006–2012 · 5 seasons · Syfy
★ 7.9sci-fi & fantasy · comedy · drama

Both land stillness and ideas at once

The difference: Sits closer to comedy than Superman & Lois does

The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families to this rustic town for years where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. U.S. Marshal Jack Carter stumbles upon this odd town after wrecking his car and becoming stranded there. When the denizens of the town unleash an unknown scientific creation, Carter jumps in to try to restore order and consequently learns of one of the country's best kept secrets.

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Doom Patrol
2019–2023 · 4 seasons · DC Universe
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaMax

Powers treated as damage, and people trying to be decent about it

The difference: Absurd, filthy and surreal — sincerity is not what it is after

The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.

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The Gifted
2017–2019 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7.2sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaHulu

Parents discovering their children carry something dangerous

The difference: Persecution and flight, no small-town warmth

A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

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